Strategika
Strategika

Issue 29

Does ISIS really differ from other terrorist groups; if so, how does its singularity complicate U.S. efforts to defeat it?

Monday, February 1, 2016

Why has ISIS grown so rapidly in comparison to other radical Islamic terrorist groups?

It is the first Islamic terrorist group to gain direct control of oil revenues.
11%
It upped the level of medieval violence through sensationalized barbarity.
22%
It brilliantly appealed directly to disaffected young Muslims throughout the Western World.
44%
It was a creation of Western indifference, especially the recessional of the U.S. from the Middle East.
22%
It is a passing phenomenon, not much different from other mostly forgotten Islamic terrorist outfits.
0%
Total votes: 9
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